EA031472B1 - Packaging for tobacco products - Google Patents

Abstract

Provided is a packaging for tobacco products comprising an outer packet part (100) and an inner packet part (150). The inner packet part (150) is disposed within the outer packet part and is movable relative to the outer packet part between first and second positions concealing and allowing access to the inner packet part (150). The inner packet part (150) further comprises a reinforcing member arranged to withstand deformation at corners of the inner packet part.

Description

The present invention generally relates to the field of packaging, in particular for tobacco products. More specifically, the present invention relates to a new type of packaging for cigarettes and to blanks used in the formation of such packaging.

Premise of invention

An indispensable condition is the improvement of ergonomic and practical packaging design. One of the areas in which such a condition is generally accepted is packaging for tobacco products, such as packaging for cigarettes.

Packaging for cigarettes must meet a number of complex requirements. In particular, packaging should not only be cheap and suitable for mass production, it should also be strong enough to ensure the safety of cigarettes, to preserve their freshness and maintain its integrity with repeated opening and closing.

The most common packaging design for cigarettes today can be called a package with a hinged lid. In this design, the carton has a flip cover made at the top end of the package as one piece with it. Cigarettes are arranged in the longitudinal direction so that the user can remove the cigarettes by the ends with the lid open.

Recently, other packaging configurations have been proposed. For example, packaging was proposed with a sliding or swinging open mechanism. With this approach to solving the problem, the inner part of the package that contains cigarettes is located inside the outer part of the package. In the closed position, the opening of the inner part of the package is closed by the outer part of the package, while the inner part of the package is movable relative to the outer part of the package to an open position to provide access to the inside cigarettes.

In a sliding construction, the inside of the package moves relative to the outside of the package by a straight-line movement, and in a swinging design, the inside of the package moves relative to the outside of the package in a movement that includes at least some rotation.

However, in such constructions, the inner packaging is designed in such a way that it has a relatively large opening that provides the user access to the contents of the packaging. This reduces the stiffness of the inside of the package and may cause wrinkling, deformation or even rupture of the package before using the entire contents of the package. In particular, this occurs when the interior of the package has rounded edges, since such edges usually reduce the rigidity of the package. In addition, the lack of rigidity of the inner part of the package when opening can lead to a problem regarding the preservation of the inner part of the package inside the outer part of the package, as well as the reliable functioning of any interacting elements between the inner and outer parts of the package. In these, as well as in other constructions, in order to avoid unwanted opening of the package, they will certainly seek to provide some control over the movement of the inside of the package relative to the outside of the package.

Summary of Invention

In accordance with the first aspect of the present invention, a package is proposed comprising an outer part, an inner part located inside the outer part of the package and adapted to move relative to the outer part of the package between a first position in which the inner part of the package is hidden inside the outer part of the package and a second position wherein the user can access the inside of the package through the opening, the inside of the package additionally contains a stiffening element, aligned with the ability to withstand deformation at the corners of the inner part of the package, at least after the first user access to the inside of the package.

In accordance with the present invention, when performing a stiffener for the inside of a package, it is possible to increase the stiffness of the internal package without significantly reducing the degree of accessibility to the package contents. This extends the service life of the package and also improves the functioning of some additional elements, such as retaining or locking elements, while ensuring normal functioning by improving their interaction with each other throughout the entire service life of the package.

The inner part of the package has at least one hole located on the upper side and intended to provide access to the product in the inner part of the package, while the hole is covered by the outer part of the package when the inner part of the package is in the first position. Accordingly, the first position is a closed position in which access to the product is impossible. In the second, open position, the outer part of the package does not close the opening. The opening may be located on any side through which access to the contents of the inside of the package is required.

Preferably the inner part of the package contains a removable locking element located

- 1 031472 over the top of at least part of the hole. Such a removable locking element can advantageously function as a means of confirming the freshness and / or absence of opening before the first access of the user to the inside of the package.

Preferably, the stiffening element extends along at least one edge of the opening, which may further extend at least to one side of the inside of the package. This design facilitates user access to the product inside the package, while maintaining its rigidity.

Preferably, the stiffening element extends at least between two adjacent sides of the inside of the package, forming an angle. Also preferably, the stiffening element extends further between two opposite sides.

In preferred embodiments, the inner part of the package contains at least two main, front and rear, sides connected on the sides by two opposite sides, to form a housing closed at the bottom with at least one lower side, with said opening being limited by the upper edges of the main sides and the edge of the specified stiffener.

Preferably, the inner part of the package further comprises at least one upper side attached at least to the edges of the main rear and front sides, wherein at least part of the upper side is made removable from the perforated package to form said opening and said element stiffness.

In preferred embodiments, the inside of the package has rounded corners.

Preferably, the package made in accordance with the invention further comprises at least one locking mechanism comprising a locking element and an engaging part, wherein the locking element projects to the side from the inside of the package, and the engaging part projects to the side from the inner surface of the outside of the package, facing the inside of the package, with the locking element and the engaging part engaging with each other on the first and second edge of the engaging part between said first and second eye positions.

Preferably, the engagement of said locking element and said engaging part creates a sound indicating opening and closing of the inside of the package. This sound, created when opening and / or closing the inside of the package, helps the user, and the sound is created when the specified locking element and the specified engaging part are elasticly separated.

In preferred embodiments, a package made in accordance with the invention comprises a limiting mechanism comprising a first limiting element and a second limiting element located on opposite sides of the inner part of the package and the outer part of the package, while the interaction of said first and second elements effectively limits movement of the inner part packaging relative to the outer part of the package.

Moving the inside of the package from the first position to the second position may include a straight-line movement. Alternatively or additionally, moving the inside of the package from the first position to the second position may include a pivotal movement.

In preferred embodiments, both the inside of the package and the outside of the package are formed from a single bendable blank made of paper, cardboard, plastic, or a combination thereof.

In fact, this invention also relates to blanks used for the manufacture of the inner part of the package and the outer part of the package. In addition, the invention also includes a method of forming from such blanks the inside of a package or the outside of a package.

Preferably, the blank for forming the inside of the package comprises at least two main sections for forming said front and rear sides, two side sections for forming said sides, at least one lower section intended for forming at least said lower side, at least one upper section that is pivotally connected on the upper edge of any of the main or side sections, opposite the said lower section, and you olnennuyu connectable with at least the other main section for forming said stiffener during the formation of said inner blanks of the packaging.

Preferably, the upper section of such a blank contains perforations, as a result of which at least part of said upper side is removable to form said hole and said stiffening element when the blank is folded into said internal part of the package. These perforations can define, in particular, the edges of the removable closing element for opening the inside of the package.

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Brief Description of the Drawings

Preferred embodiments of the present invention will now be described by way of example with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

FIG. 1A depicts a first preferred embodiment of the present invention in the closed position;

FIG. 1B shows the first preferred embodiment in the open position;

FIG. 2A depicts a preform for use in forming the inside of a package of the first preferred embodiment;

FIG. 2B depicts a blank for use in forming the outer part of the package of the first preferred embodiment;

FIG. 3A depicts a second preferred embodiment of the present invention in the closed position;

FIG. 3B depicts a second preferred embodiment in the open position;

FIG. 4A depicts a blank for use in forming the inside of a package of the second preferred embodiment;

FIG. 4B depicts a blank for use in forming the outer part of the package of the second preferred embodiment.

Detailed description

Referring to FIG. 1A and 1B depict a first preferred embodiment of package 1 made in accordance with the present invention. The package comprises an outer part 100 and an inner part 150. The inner part 150 of the package is adapted to move relative to the outer part of the package, in particular between the first, closed position shown in FIG. 1A, and the second, open position shown in FIG. 1B.

The user can slide by moving the inside 150 of the packaging by pressing with his thumb or index finger to the section of the inside 150 of the package that is accessed through the opening 111 in the outside 100 of the packaging. As can be seen from FIG. 1B, the inner portion 150 of the package contains a tear strip 152, which, in order to gain access to the cigarettes 170, can be removed to form an opening in the inner portion 150 of the package. Next to the tear strip 152 is a stiffening element 154, which passes near the opening in the inner part 150 of the package. This stiffening element 154 provides rigidity to the inside of the package 150, especially when the inside of the package has rounded corners, as shown in the drawing, with the ends and upper corners of the inside of the package being more easily collapsed than in a package with right angles. The stiffener 154 is also required so that other elements made in the package, such as any locking means that engage with the corresponding locking means on the outer package, ensure that the parts of the package can grip, function correctly and do not unlatch when the front and rear are crushed. sides 151a, 151b of the inner part 150 of the package.

The outer part 100 of the package and the inner part 150 of the package are connected to each other in such a way as to create an audible noise when the package enters both the closed position and the open position. In addition, a certain degree of resistance is provided to hold the inside of the package in the open position and in the closed position. Thus, it is possible to prevent the inadvertent movement of the outer package 100 relative to the inner part 150 of the package. A mechanism will be described in more detail below, according to which these actions can be performed and which can be understood with reference to FIG. 2A and 2B.

FIG. 2B shows the outer portion 100 of the package. The outer part of the package is formed by folding the cardboard blank shown in FIG. 2B.

The outer portion 100 of the package has a front side 101a and a rear side 101b opposite each other when the outer part 100 of the package is formed. The front side 101a and the rear side 101b are connected by a side 105. A hole 111 is made on the side 105.

The upper side of the outer portion 100 of the package is formed from the upper part 102A of the front side, the upper part 102b of the rear side and the upper part 102c of the side. When the outer portion 100 of the package is formed, the upper portion 102b of the rear side and the upper portion 102c of the side are glued to the reverse side of the upper portion 102a of the front side. Similarly, the underside of the outer portion of the package is formed of the lower portion 103a of the front side, the lower portion 103b of the rear side and the lower portion 103c of the side. When the outside of the package is formed, the back side bottom portion 103b and the side bottom bottom 103c are glued to the top side of the front side bottom part 103a.

The outer packaging portion 100 also includes a front restriction valve and a rear restriction valve (not shown in the drawings) extending respectively from the front side 101a and the rear side 101b. When the outside of the package is formed, the front limiting valve and the rear limiting valve are bent inward. Limiting valves under hooks

- 3 031472 panels preferably glued to the front and rear sides 101, 101 b of the outer part of the package. However, it is preferable that the glue is applied not around the entire perimeter of the limiting valves, but is distributed in such a way that the material goes between the valves and the sides 101a, 101b.

FIG. 2A shows the interior 150 of the package. The interior 150 of the package is formed by folding the cardboard blank shown in FIG. 2A.

When the inner portion 150 of the package is formed, the inner portion 150 of the packaging includes a front side 151a and a rear side 151b located opposite each other. The front side 151a and the rear side 151b are connected via the base side 156. The first side is formed from the first front side valve 154a and the first rear side valve 154b, while the second side side is formed from the second front side valve 155a and the rear side valve 155b. To form the front and rear sides of the interior 150 of the packaging, the rear side flaps 154b, 155b are glued to the inner sides of the front side flaps 154a, 155a.

The base valves 157 are connected to the first and second rear side flaps 154b, 155b. When the interior 150 of the package is formed, the base valves are glued to the upper surface of the base side 156.

The upper side of the inside of the package is formed from a back top valve 153b, a front top valve 153a, a rear valve 152b of the tear strip, and a front valve 152a of the tear strip. The front and rear flaps 152a, 152b of the tear-off strip are glued together with the formation of a strong part of the upper side of the inner part 150 of the package. The front and rear flaps 152a, 152b of the tear-off strip are glued together with the formation of the tear-off strip 152 shown in FIG. 1B. The front and rear valves of the tear-off strip are connected to the remaining part of the inner part 150 of the package with perforations that allow the user to remove the tear-off strip 152. After removing the tear-off strip 152, the stiffness element 154 still provides the rigidity of the inner package, as described above.

The interior of the package includes a front limiting protrusion 159a and a rear limiting protrusion 159b. Limiting protrusions 159a, 159b are located at the cutting portions 158a, 158b of the front side 151a and the rear side 151b, respectively. It should be noted that the front limiting protrusion 159a is located in the lower part of the front side 151a, while the rear limiting protrusion 159b is located in the upper part of the rear side 151b. In general, the front limiting protrusion 159a and the rear limiting protrusion 159b are preferably located in different parts of the front and rear sides 151a, 151b, in particular displaced in opposite directions from the center of the front and rear sides 151a, 151b between the base 156 and the opposite end of the front and rear sides 151a, 151b.

The principle of operation of the package 1 can be understood with reference to FIG. 1A and 1B, which show the position of the inner part 150 of the package relative to the outer part 100 of the package.

FIG. 1A shows the inner portion 150 of the packaging in a closed position relative to the outer portion 100 of the packaging.

The inner portion 150 of the packaging is moved relative to the outer portion 100 of the packaging to an open position, as shown in FIG. 1B.

Excessive opening of the inner part 150 of the package relative to the outer part 100 of the package is prevented by the interaction of the limiting projections 159a, 159b with the limiting valves. In particular, the restricting protrusions 159a, 159b are inserted between the holding valves and the front and rear sides 101a, 101b of the outer part 100 of the package, respectively. Thus, when the front edges of the limiting flaps interact with the base of the limiting protrusions 159a, 159b, the inner portion 150 of the package can no longer move relative to the outer portion 100.

A package made in accordance with the second preferred embodiment of the invention is shown in FIG. 3A and 3B. As in the first embodiment, the package, made in accordance with the second embodiment, comprises an inner part 250 and an outer part 200 having rounded corners. The inner part 250 of the packaging is movable relative to the outer part 200 of the packaging and, in particular, can be rotated between the closed position shown in FIG. 3A and the open position shown in FIG. 3B.

The user can rotate the inner part 250 of the package by pressing with your thumb or index finger to the area of the inner part 250 of the package, which is accessible through the opening 211 in the outer part 200 of the package. Although not shown in FIG. 3B, when the outside of the package is in the open position, the user can access the cigarettes contained in the inside 250.

FIG. 4B shows the outer portion 200 of the package. The outer part of the package is formed by folding the cardboard blank shown in FIG. 4B.

The outer part 200 of the package contains the front side 201A and the rear side 201b, which are located opposite each other when the outer part 200 of the package is formed. Front side

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201a and the rear side 201b are connected by the side side 205. In the side side 205, an opening 211 is formed. In addition, front reinforcement valve 206a and rear reinforcement valve 206b are provided in front and rear of opening 311. When the outer portion 200 of the package is formed, the reinforcing valves 205a, 205b are bent inward and glued to the inner front and rear sides 201a, 201 b of the outer part 200 of the package.

The upper side of the outer part of the package is formed from the upper part 202a of the front side, the upper part 202b of the back side and the upper part 202c of the side. When the outer packaging portion 200 is formed, the back side upper portion 202b and the side upper portion 202c are glued to the back side of the front side upper portion 202a. Similarly, the underside of the outer portion of the package is formed from the lower portion 203a of the front side, the lower portion 203b of the rear side, and the lower portion 203c of the side. When the outer portion 200 is formed, the lower portion 203b of the rear side and the lower portion 203c of the side are glued to the upper side of the lower portion 203a of the front side.

The bottom side formed from the bottom side portions 203a, 203b, 203c does not cover the entire bottom surface of the outer portion 200 of the package. The outer part of the package also contains a connecting valve 204, which is connected with the possibility of bending with the part 203b of the lower side. Unlike the bottom side portion 203b, the connecting valve is separated from the rear side 201b. As a result, when forming the outer part 200 of the package, the connecting valve 204 can rotate with respect to the rest of the outer part 200 of the package. As described below, the inner part 250 is attached to the connecting valve 204.

The outer packaging part 200 also includes a front limiting valve 207a and a rear limiting valve 207b.

When the outer portion of the package is formed, the front limiting valve 207a and the rear limiting valve 207b are bent inward.

Restrictive flaps 207a, 207b are preferably glued to the front and rear sides 201a, 201b of the outside of the package. However, it is preferable that the glue is applied not around the entire perimeter of the limiting valves 207a, 207b, but is distributed in such a way that the material goes between the limiting sections 210a, 210b of the limiting valves 207a, 207b and the sides 201a, 201b.

FIG. 4A shows the inner portion 250. The inner portion 250 is formed by folding the cardboard blank shown in FIG. 4a.

The inner part 250 of the package contains the front side 251a and the rear side 251b, which are located opposite each other when the inner part 250 of the package is formed. The front side 251a and the rear side 251b are connected via the base side 256. The first side is formed of the first front side valve 254a and the first rear side valve 254b, while the second side side is formed of the second front side valve 255a and the rear side valve 255b. To form the front and rear sides of the interior 250 of the packaging, the rear side flaps 254b, 255b are glued to the internal surfaces of the front side flaps 254a, 255a.

The base valves 257 are connected to the first and second rear side flaps 254b, 255b. When the inner portion 250 of the package is formed, the base valves are glued to the upper surface of the side 256 of the base.

The inner part 250 of the package has an upper side made of a front valve 253a and a rear valve 253b connected to the upper edges of the front and rear sides 251a, 253b, respectively. Valves 253a and 253b are glued to each other to form the specified upper side of the inside of the package, which contains a removable element 252, bounded by perforations on the upper side, rear and side sides 251a, 251b, and at least one stiffening element 254, located on the front end the inside of the package. The stiffening element 254 is particularly preferred for stiffening the inner front of the package, in particular rounded corners. The removed element 252 can be removed by simply tearing the removed element 252 along the perforations upon first opening, in order to form the top opening and provide access to the contents of the interior 250 of the package.

In addition, the interior of the package contains a front limiting protrusion 259a and a rear limiting protrusion 261b. Limiting protrusions 259a, 261b are located at the cutting portions 258a, 260b of the front side 251a and the rear side 251b, respectively.

The principle of operation of the package can be understood with reference to FIG. 3A and 3B, which show the position of the inner part 250 of the package relative to the outer part 200 of the package as in the closed position in FIG. 3A and the open position in FIG. 3B.

FIG. 3A shows the inner portion 250 of the packaging in a closed position relative to the outer portion 200 of the packaging.

When the user moves the inside of the package from the closed position shown in FIG. 3A, the inner portion 250 moves relative to the outer portion 200 to the open position.

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Excessive opening of the inner part 250 of the package relative to the outer part 200 is prevented by the interaction of the front limiting protrusions 259a with the limiting valve 207a and the rear limiting protrusion 261b with the valve 207b. Thus, the interaction of the protrusions 259a, 261b prevents the movement of the inner part 250 beyond the open position.

The above description relates primarily to two preferred embodiments of the invention, but it should be understood that other embodiments are possible. In particular, these two embodiments described and illustrated in FIG. 1-4, may preferably contain a locking mechanism for the inside of the package in the outside of the package. Such a locking mechanism may, for example, comprise a locking element and an engaging portion, made respectively on opposite sides of the inner and outer parts of the package. The preferred locking mechanism may comprise at least one locking element protruding to the side from the inside of the package and at least one engaging portion protruding to the side from the inner surface of the outer part of the package facing the inner part of the package, while the locking element and the engaging the region interacts with each other at the first and second edges of the engaging region between said first and second positions.

Preferably, the interaction of said locking element and the engaging portion creates a sound indicating opening and closing of the inside of the package, while creating a sound upon elastic disconnection of said locking member and the engaging portion.

In addition, the person skilled in the art can modify or change some of the geometric dimensions and placement of individual elements of the package. In particular, the corresponding positions of stiffeners and engaging portions of the inner and outer parts of the package can be easily modified or modified by a person skilled in the art without changing the design characteristics of the package made in accordance with the invention. Other variations and modifications will also be apparent to those skilled in the art. Such variations and modifications may include equivalent and other already known features that can be used instead of or in addition to the features described herein. The features described in the context of separate embodiments may be presented in combination in one embodiment. Conversely, the features described in the context of a single embodiment may also be presented separately or in any appropriate subcombination.

Claims (14)

CLAIM 1. The package containing the outer part, the inner part located inside the outer part of the package, while the inner part of the package has a front end part and a rear end part and is configured to move relative to the outer part of the package between the first position in which the inner part of the package is hidden inside the outer part of the package, and the second position in which the front end part of the inner part of the package is moved from the outer part of the package, and the user can access the inner part of the package through the hole, and on the front end part of the inner part of the package made of a stiffener made with the ability to withstand the deformation of the corners on the front end part of the inner part of the package, at least after the first user access to the inner part of the package. 2. The package according to claim 1, in which the inner part of the package contains made with the possibility of removal of the closing element located on top of at least part of the specified holes. 3. The package according to claim 1 or 2, in which the stiffening element extends along at least one edge of said opening. 4. The package according to claims 1 to 3, in which the stiffener extends between at least two adjacent sides of the inside of the package, forming an angle. 5. Packaging according to claims 1 to 4, in which the stiffening element also extends between two opposite sides. 6. The package according to any one of claims 1 to 5, in which the inner part of the package contains at least two main, front and rear, sides connected to the sides by two opposite side sides, with the formation of a housing closed from below by at least one lower side wherein said hole is bounded by the upper edges of the main sides and the edge of said stiffener. 7. The package according to claim 6, in which the inner part of the package also contains at least one upper side attached to at least the edges of the main rear and front sides, while at least part of the upper side is made with the possibility of removal from the package along perforations to form said hole and said stiffener. 8. The package according to claim 7, in which the inside of the package has rounded corners. - 6 031472 9. The package according to any one of claims 1 to 8, containing at least one locking mechanism comprising a locking element and an engaging portion, the locking element protruding to the side from the inside of the package, and the engaging portion protruding to the side from the inner surface of the outer part the package facing the inside of the package, the locking element and the engaging portion interacting with each other at the first and second edges of the engaging portion between the first and second positions. 10. The package according to claim 9, in which the interaction of the specified locking element and the specified engaging portion creates a sound indicating the opening and closing of the inside of the package. 11. The package of claim 10, in which the sound is created when the elastic separation of the specified locking element and the engaging portion. 12. Packaging according to any one of claims 9 to 11, comprising a limiting mechanism comprising a first limiting element and a second limiting element made on opposite sides of the inner part of the package and the outer part of the package, while the interaction of the first and second elements effectively limits the movement of the inner part of the package relative to the outside of the package. 13. The blank for forming the inner part of the package, made in accordance with any one of claims 1 to 12, and the blank contains at least two main sections designed to form the specified front and rear sides, two side sections designed to form the specified sides at least one lower section designed to form the specified at least one lower side, at least one upper section, pivotally located on the upper edge of any one of the main or side sections opposite the specified lower section and made with the possibility of attaching to at least another main section to form the specified stiffener on the front end part of the inner part of the package when forming from the workpiece the specified inner part of the package. 14. The workpiece of claim 13, wherein said upper section comprises perforations, whereby at least a portion of said upper side is removable to form said hole and said stiffener when bending the workpiece into said inner part of the package. - 7 031472 - 8 031472 x ----------- iii; j 150 ^J